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HALL ASKS $223,640
TO CAREFOR GUARD
Adjutant General Says This
Sum Necessary to Use
in Biennium.
MONEY FOE MUSTEEDTO OUT
(From Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, ajn. 9 (Special.) To
put the National Guard on a footing
to secure federal aid from the national
government will require a $223,640
appropriation from the Nebraska leg
islature for the next biennium, ac
cording to the report of Adjutant
General riiil Hall to the finance ways
and means committee of the senate
and the house.
Phis includes $16,640 for salaries of
the adjutant general and his sUI and
$207,500 for general use. He urged an
emergency provision for settling
claims in time of trouble. lie asks to
have transferred $8,000 now in the
armory rental fund and rifle practice
fund into an emergency fund to be
used in mustering out the two Ne
braska regiments.
lie reviews the work of the Ne
braska troops on the border, where
1.8&5 enlisted men and 114 officers re
sponded to the call of the president
in the Cornhusker state. '
Incorporated in his estimates is
$10,000 fc putting the 900-acre Ash
land rifle range into shape, equipping
it properly and providing a caretaker,
necessary' to comply with the require
ments of the federal War department.
He points out that all shooting organ
izations, civil as well as military,
could profit by the range.
During the bienninm companies
were mustered in at Friend, Lincoln.
Gordon, Gothen burg, Wayne, David
City, Grand Island and North Platte.
Those mustered out were at Omaha,
Rruning, Schuyler, Broken Bow,
Grand Island, Davenport, Holdrege
and Osceola.
Wolbach Woman Ordered
To Pay Back Uncle Sam
Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 9. (Spe
cial Telegram.) In the federal court,
htdge Woodrottgh presiding, Mrs. Au
gust Atlman and Emma Michael, both
of Wolbach. Neb., were ordered by
the court to repay to the United States
funds loaned to them shortly after
the outbreak of the European war.
Defendants were both in Germany at
the time and without funds and were
among others aided by the govern
ment financially until they could re
turn. It appears that they declined
to pay up on their return, wherefore
the bringing of action. Mrs. Michael
is ordered to restore $210 and Mrs.
Altman $232.
W. H. Jones of Mullen was fined
$35 on a plea of guilty to the charge
of sending unmailable matter through
the postoffice.
Irvin D. Conrad, defendant on a
white slavery charge, did not appear
:ind forfeited an $800 bond.
Case Reappointed Director
' By State Board of Health
(From Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Jan. 9. (Special Tele
gram.) Two more men were made
happy this afternoon when the State
Board of Health, consisting of Gov
ernor Neville, Attorney General Reed
and State Superintendent Clemraons,
met and reappointed Dr. J D. Case as
director of the board and W. F. Wild
as state bacteriologist.
J he latter came as a sort of wed
ding present to Dr. Wild, who will be
married to Miss Josephine Murphy,
for many years chief clerk in the of
fice of tlje attorney general, at Platts
mouth tomorrow.
The State Board of Equalization re
appointed Secretary O. E. Berncckcr.
Norman Gets lobs for Four
Men as First Official Act
(From a Staff Corrtnpondent.)
Lincoln, Jan. 9. (Special.) The
tirst official act of the new labor com
missioner, George Norman of Omaha,
was to fnrnish work for four men who
needed it. The new commissioner
found four farmers who wanted men.
Soldiers Home Notes.
Mrn. Crick, who ha ben 11! for name time,
is now in a etatc of coma and Ib In a critical
i ondltton.
Mr and Mr. Edward Riley ha rturnd
tn Burkett and have taken up quarter-in
i.'utlagn No. 4.
rir WagRcnor has itort to a hospital to
Omaha, where he will recuperate and re
i rive treatment.
Mrs. Maxwell, wife of Adjutant Maxwell,
is tndiapoaed and is likely to b confined to
hor room for a couple of days.
H UaBkill and Mr.' and Mra. Kletsher
aqked for short furlouRhs Saturday. Mm.
Shamp asked for a thirty-day leave of ah-r-n"e.
Miss Nettie Jewell, Central City depart
ment president of the Woman's Relief corpn.
ax a visitor at the home Saturday. During
li-r Hay here he waf the cuest of Matron
llradbury and Mrs. Mattle Rhodes.
Mrs. Miller, Saturday morning, sitting In
Iiit rncklng chair, and raising her foot,
clipped and fell In such a way as to hit
Iwr tide on nn arm of the chair. The rc
,nlt was a fracture of one of her ribs on
ih" left side.
I ennis T. Snow, late of Company 1.
TMrty-ftrl Iowa Infantry, died Saturda
afternoon. He was admitted- 1u the, home
mi I'Vbruarv 1, 1809, at the aire of 12 years.
Me was previous to hi.s admittance a harness
maker from Thayer coontjf.
Obituary Notes
V REDE R rC K WI l,LT A M METER,
;icct 7 1 years, 1 months and 11 days,
tiled in Way no. Neb., from the effects
(hf a broken hip. sustained about three
months ago. Deceased was born in
:-"tadensen, province f Hanover,
I'rupyia. Ausupt 25. 3 845. He grew
1.. manhood in that vicinity and tn
IStiS was married to Miss Zanzitr. Mr.
find Mrs. Meier came to this country
in 18R1. locating first In Washington
county. ThPir residence Jn Dixon
ruiinty began in 1884 on a farm, sflven
miles northeast of Wayne. Mra.
Meier preceded her husband in death
in 1898, and six years ago Mr. Meier
look up his residence in Wayne. Three
Hons, William. Hiry and Frederick,
who survive him, live on farms in this
iclnity.
WILLIAM J. BRADDOCK. one of
ihe old settlers and stockmen of
Dawes county, died suddenly at bin
residence in Chadron, Neb., Monday,
lie leaves' a wlfei and two daughters.
An EffetlTe Cough Treatment,
un leaapoooful of Prt King'i New ria
i Dvery taken an needed wUl aoothe and
rhee(c yoar cough and hronehlal Irritation
ll dnjRgiBte. Advertisement.
Dempster Milling Company !
Declares 6 Per Cent Dividend!
Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 9. (Special.) i
At the annual meeting of the Demp
ster Mill Manufacturing company a ;
cash dividend of 6 per cent was de
clared, payable quarterly. The sales !
of the year amounted to $1,574,982.1
The following directors were re-1
elected: C. B. Dempster, H. L. Demp-j
sier, ii. v,. uempsier, j. w. burgess,
H. A. Thompson, F. W. Miller and R.
H. Barger. The net gain of the
year's business was $102,916.56, which
brings the company's surplus up to
$175.j62.')5. The amount paid out for
labor and salaries during the vear was
$325,000; for purchases, $790,000; for
freight, $80,471, and for taxes, $17,000.
Walter, the 19-year-old sou of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Williams of Wymore,
died in a hospital in Lincoln, where
he had been receiving treatment The
remains were taken to Wymore to
day for interment.
M. L. Kawlings has a force of sixty
men harvesting ice at Wymore. Three
of his large ice houses have been
filled, and today he began loading
cars for Wymore division of the Bur
lington. The company is using bunk,
ballast and flat cars so that the ice
can be hauled to various points over
the southern division. Electricity
furnishes the power for Mr. Rawlings
plant, which has a capacity of 2:000
tons a day.
Word was received from Llano
Grande. Tex., stating that the Fifth
regiment, Nebraska National Guards,
had been quarantined for diphlheria,
eighteen cases having been reported
in the regiment. Company C of this
city and F of Wymore are members
of the regiment.
Frances Lane is Kidnaped On Way
To School by Man in Powerful Auto
Weldon Caught After Being
Chased Ten Thousand Miles
North riattc. Neb.. Jan. 9. (Spe
cial.) After a chase over 10,000
miles that required seven months,
the search of Postal Inspector Cisna.
Chattanooga, Tenn., for Adrian B.
Weldon, absconding postmaster of
Chelsea, Ala., ended when the missing
man was discovered in the person of
J. A. Smith, a timekeeper employed
on the construction of the Union Pa
cific station here.
With J. W. Turner, Weldon is al
leged to have left the Alabama town
after gathering' up all the money in
the postoffice and taking with them
a number of postal money orders,
which are said to have been cashed
by the pair. Turner was arrested near
Fleming, Cola, a month ago and re
turned to Birmingham.
Erickson Shoots Himself
And Dies Instantly
Huron, S. D., Jan. 9. (Special)
Oscar Erickson, proprietor of the
Grover cafe, shot himself in the heart,
dying instantly. It is presumed he
was in a condition of temporary in
sanity, brought on through overwork.
A Splendid Cough Medicine.
"i have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy a number of times during the
past two or three years for colds,
coughs and hoarseness, and am
pleased to say it has always given me
prompt relief. I consider Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy a splendid medi
cine and have recommended it to
many of my friends, who have used
it and likewise praise it highly,"
writes Mrs. W. F. Frantz, Colden,
N. Y. Advertisement.
Andrew Brothers, Girl's Uncle,
Later Telephones that He
Has the Child at His
Home.
FATHER WILL FIGHT CASE
Legal battles which luvc been
waged for the last several months to
determine who shall have the custody
of 8-vear-old Frances Lane, (laughter
of Fred O. Lane, 1.116 North Forty
sixth street, Omaha contractor and
builder, took a new turn Tuesdav when
Andrew Brothers of La Platte, Neb.,
brother of Lane's first wife, kidnaped
the child.
Just before 9 o'clock Frances left
home for school. At the corner of
Forty-fifth and Hamilton streets a
high-powered automobile whizzed up
and came to a sudden stop. Brothers'
stepped out, took the little girl in his
arms and placed her in the car. He
then told the driver to head for La
Platte with all speed. An hour later
he called up the little girl's step
mother and told her that everything
was all right and that he would keep
Frances at La Platte.
Bertha I.arsen. Georgia Sandberg.
Marie Narre and Veronica Carter,
four little girls who had seen their
little playmate whisked away in the
automobile, rushed to Frances'
teacher at the Walnut Hill school and
told of what had happened. Lane was
notified and he hastened to the police
station to obtain a warrant for Broth
ers' arrest.
Little Frances, according to re
ports to the police, has uad more
than her share of troubles since her
mother died a few years ago After
the death of her mother, who was
Brothers' sister, she was sent to live
with her aunt and uncle at La Platte.
She lived there more than two years
and during this time the Brothers be
came very much attached to her.
seven months ago snc came to
Omaha to visit her father and step
mother. Her clothes were ragged.
Mrs. Lane declares, and she had
learned to use bad language. For this
reason the Lanes decided that they
would not permit her to return to
her uncle at La Platte.
When Brothers learned of this he
instituted suit at Papillion for the
FRANCES LANE
Wholesale Coffee House 1
Has Located in Deshler
Ochlor. YI Kin. . tSpcrul 1 0
Tlir iVshlrr I'dffcf mills, an ,imh i.i
lion ,it whoU'salc, i'tffrc. tca ami
Mue,. as ornani?cl lu-rc uitli an
antliMi inl rajtital Mock nt $lUO.(tOU,
2? per i o n t paid lip, A Viik htiildmn.
,'K two storifs hih .md basement,
is Ii he eicvleil ami the company c
pects to commence business by May
I. uiMjt Kih'klos. who ha- had c-.
i pei ience in this line, was elected ,
president and licorge Werner, seere- 1
tan lreanrer and manager. Stock
holders ate (irorjie W'mier A.
Kucklos, II. , Rurklox II. , Stinvc.
Theodore Sinn e, H. . K minever,
Krienieyer, I. (', Keiukc. It. W.
li. Ilurfmeyer and II. Nf, Harms, all
of Deshler !
The Thayer county lair will be held
in Pesliler August JK-.il. Two thou-I
sand dollars will he olTcred lor pn - '
niiunis, about $l,0tXI tor speed and i
$tH)0 for attractions. "De t amo,"
the leading attraction at ihe Iowa
state fair laM year; tin man who per-'
forms on a pole HHI fed Inli with- 1
out K'lys will be tin hif; feature act.,
At uitfht powerful searchlights will
he used on the grounds and there ,
will be a proKrain of special motion ,
pictures, cenes from over the e.oui:t 1
and fireworks. 1
At the annual meeting of the Uesli
lei Telephone company the present (
oll'icials were re elected as follow ; i
Albert t aunhey, president: John Ko-I
dcnhurn, vice president: M. M. Harms, I
secretary; H. 1 Wolf, tieasuier;'
George Werner, director. The com
panv spent $.i,5.tJ.I5 during llt is
out of debt, has $K00 in notes and $.MJ i
cash on hand.
The new lf5-horsepower engine for
the electric liht plant has been in j
stalled, the boiler has arrived and is ,
being placed. An eighteen hour serv
ice will start in about two weeks
and when the new machinery has j
been tried out there will he continuous
service. The broom factory engine!
will be placed in fir.st class condition
and also be used as needed. The '
broom factory, coffee mill and prac- ;
tically all places in toMi using power
will be operated by electricity.
Mrs. Triggs Submits to
Amputation of Both Legs
Mell.t, Neb.. Jan. o. (Special.)
Mis. uderson Triggs this week sub
ii.itlc tliio the amputation of both legs
.it the knees Her trouble beg Ail
Iw eul eat s ago w ben making ap
ple butter over an open fire. She
was severely burned about the knees
and feet and for a long time was in
a critical condition. Recently the
flesh seemed dead and the bones be
gan to decay with one abscess fol
lowing another, until the operation
was the only way to secure relief.
Says Simple Remedy
Prolonged His Life
custody of the child. He obtained a
court order, but Lane appealed the
case to a higher court and this ap
peal has not been decided, I.anc dV
clarcs. He announced that lie would
fight the case to a finish.
"Brothers has one baby of his
owxi," Lane cried. "I don't sec why
he should want mine."
Newly-Elected Commissioner
, In Madison Will Yield
Madison, Neb., Jan. 9. (Special Tele
gram.) Watson L. Pnrdy is contest
ing in district court the right of Lew
Jacobs, commissioner-elect, to take
his office. Tardy claims that his term
does not expire until January. 1919,
and no election for his successor
could be held last fall, notwithstand
ing Jacobs was elected for the office
for the full term, beginning in Jan
uary of this year.
Ptrrdy bases his contention on a de
cision handded down by Judge Welch
and sustained by the supreme court
in an ouster proceeding brought in
1914 by Purdy against John W. Fitch.
It is understood that Jacobs will
not contest Purdy's claims for the
office and will not appear at thehear
ing January IS.
Hastings College Endowment
Fund Going to Half Million
Hastings, Neb., Jan. 9. (Special
Telegram.) The campaign for in
creasing the endowment of Hastings
college to $500,000 was given a big
impetus tonight as the "Get Togther"
banquet, which marked the launch
ing of the movement. President R.
B. Crone surprised his 200 hearVrs
with the announcement of an initial
subscription of $25,000 by a Hastings
man, whose name he was not at lib
erty to divulge. He also reported a
number of additional voluntary
pledges, although the canvass will not
begin until tomorrow.
The speakers at the banquet were
President Harry Morehouse Gage of
Huron college, Hurron, S. D. ; G. K.
Evans. Dr. F. E. Farmer and Presi
dent Crone.
Your Savings in a
It has always been a principle of the First National j
P Bank of Omaha to so invest the funds of customers l
111 I
Your Savings in a
Safe place
It has always been a principle of the First National
Bank of Omaha to so invest the funds of customers
as to justify its reputation as a SAFE PLACE FOR
SAVINGS.
The confidence of the public is manifest in the in
creasing number of depositors and the accumulation
of savings.
Conveniently Located
The Savings Department is conveniently located in
the new building. It is on the ground floor; at the
intersection of two corridors, one from Farnam
street and the other from Sixteenth.
Possibly there is something more than sentiment
in suggesting that you open a savings account with
the opening of the new building and the beginning
of a new year. ,
You will find a clerical force in the Savings Depart
ment quite willing to give you information and
anxious to render you a service.
prsf National
iBank f Omaha
Visitors Welcome
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin '
Effective as a Remedy ,
for Constipation
Among older people the various
nrg.uis of the body have a tendency
to slow up and weaken, and this is,
umi.iIIv tirM manifest in a pro-j
tioutned tnactivit) ot the bowels. i
(ioud health is dependent on regu-!
laritv in tins important function; t
wheiieer there is the slightest Midi-j
cation of constipation a mild laxa
tive should be taken to relieve the)
coMgeMioii and dispose of the nccu ;
mulated waste. Cathartics or purga-
1 ives honld not ho employed, how-
ever; these are too violent in action
and their effect is only temporary. i
A mild laxative such as the com-1
hination of simple laxative herbs j
with pepsin, known as Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin, is the ideal remedy, It i
is gentle in its action, bringing relief!
in an casvi natural manner, without
griping or other pain or discomfort,
is pleasant to the taste and can be
obtained iu any drug store.
Mr. Robert "l.eKorgee, H8 Kirk
wood Boulevard, Davenport, Iowa,
s.iys he ha!! always had a hot tie of
I r, Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in the
house for the past eighteen years and
that by .using it occasionally as the
need arises, and in this ,wy keeping
his health good, it has prolonged his
life and brought ease and comfort.
1r. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold
by druggists everywhere and costs
only fifty cents a bottle. To avoid im
itations and ineffective substitutes be
sure to get Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin. See that a facsimile of Dr.
Caldwell's signature and his portrait
appear on the yellow carton in which
Ihe bottle is packed, A trial bottle,
Irre of charge, can be obtained by
writing to Dr. W. K. Caldwell, 455
Washington St., Monticello, Illinois.
Buckner Pushes Hot Iron
Against Fellow Workman;
North I'lalte, eb., Jan. '). (Spe
cial.) In the county court an iufor- ;
mation has been tiled charging' Y.
C. Buckner with assault wilh intent ,
to do bodily harm, ltuckncr, a black
smith employed at the I'niou Pa- j
cific roundhouse here, is charged wilh ;
having drawn a white hot iron from i
the forge and thrust it against Guy
Robbins' abdomen. The hot iron
burned through five thicknesses of I
clothing and seared the flesh beneath. ,
Robbins' injuries arc not considered i
dangerous. Both men arc colored.
Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
Oycfiart'K. WrYAem Co.
Begin a Library of
Famous Voices
A Few Victor Records for January
Caruso, Enrico Record No. 88550, "Sancta Marie."
G.lli-Curci, Am.ltL Record No. 74499, "Kigo-
lctto," "Carononc."
Cluck, Alma-Hoimr, Louite Record No. 87267,
"Long, Long Ago."
Hear This January Hit
JOHN McCORMACK
Singing
"Love, Here is My Heart"
Telephone
2020
Douglas.
brandeis Stores
Mail and
Plione Orders
Promptly
Filled. '
New Models in
Nemo Corsets for 1917
These new, advance Spring models are
lighter in weight than most Nemo Corsets for
stout figures, but the same guarantee for satis
factory service goes with each Nemo Corset.
It pays to buy a Nemo because they are com
fortable, stylish and outwear any other corset.
bit"
Nemo Corset No. 355 has the incurve
front steel with wide elastic bands of
the Nemo auto-massage feature, giving
healthful support, and will gradually mas
sage away the excess fatty tissues, mak
ing the figure actually lighter and small
er. Very low top and long over hips and
back. Sizes 22 to 36, 0 Cfl
for
At
Second Floor
Nemo Corset No. 309 This model
has the new back-resting feature
which relieves backache by supporting
the tired muscles and induces an erect
carriage. A light-weight corset that
is strong. Sizes 20 to 30. tfJO ((
The Newest
Low Heel
Walking Boots
Comfortable, yet
extremely stylish.
For example, the
arch with the low
heel is just as pro
nouncedas it
would be with the
T ViaaI in thnup
boot, preserving the snappy style, nut
adding to the comfort.
Four Stlei -Two Tan Russia Calf Vamps,
with mustard buck tops; one a lace and the
other a button style; 8-inch tops; the othpr
two arc black dull calf vamps with light gray
buck tops, both lace and button styles; 8-
'nTheyPall four have light welted and stitched
soles; these arc considered the smartest styles
today in New York.
Price $7.50 Pr-
Still fin" orlment of the ChrUtmat
Slipper., that were formerlj $1.39 to $200
now, e pair 08
Main Floor.
Curtains and Curtain
Materials
Five Interesting Bargains
There are very exceptional sav
ings to be made here on Wednesday
by the woman who has a Drapery
or Curtain Need".
Your choice of our entire stock of
Cretonnes, values to OC. and Ofl-
75c, yard
Filet Net Curtains, $2.50 jfcl CQ
values, pair vOU
Muslin and Swiss Curtains, 1 A A
$1.50 values P1.UU
Marquisette Curtains, regular $2.50
values, January Sale Price, 95'
Lace Edge Curtains, dozens of pat
terns. Regular $2.98 values, djo Cn
special, pair P6eOU
Third Floor.
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IMPORTANT TO MEN
We Have Purchased the Entire Stock of
Pease Brothers Co., Men's Clothing
Suits, Overcoats and Trousers, and will place them on feale on Saturday,
January 13th. See Friday papers for details.